names that are making a re appearance

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What names have you noticed making a comeback? and do you think alan kevin and the like are about to be cool again?

martin and brian anyone?

DD is Edith, everybody needs a Great AUnt Edith in their family

My ds is Wilfred,, we used to know an old lady that used to say "hows Ivanhoe?" I love the names Edith and Pearl too and Beatie and Dulcie tooo........

Ivy is a wonderful name! very 1910 though

I think Edith is a very pretty name actually - and I teach an Edith who's 16 so it must have made its comeback a while ago

I agree with Buda - the names that are making a comeback are, on the whole, ones that are associated with old people. Names like Kevin, Brian etc are more associated with people born in the 60s adn 70s, IMHO. When our dc are having their own children then maybe names from the 60s and 70s will be coming back into vogue.

I know an Albert, an Archie, an Alfie, an Iris Lillian and a Mary Lorna. I know some of those are making a comeback but not all. It is odd how some names are seen as acceptable and some aren't ... and some never seem to wane in popularity (William, Thomas etc.)

Friend of a friend has just called her dd, Gertrude!

Edith is quite popular here in france, pronounced "eedit"

At work we have a frank, willoughby, benedict, stanley, monty.. all under 5!

my dh is also called colin!
quite popular in scotland i think...

i like it as you can shorten it to cole.

my friend has a sylvie
colin v pop in states

My cousin called his daughter Ruby Edith and they have just had another called Matilda Alexandra.

Ds2 has a girl called Coral in his class which is unusual.

DS1 goes to school with a Barry!!

Little baby Barry!!

MIL's niece has just called her DD Marjorie-Rose after her gran.

oooh i love Majorie

we also have 2yo peter in toddler room.
and a baby lorna

well i know an iris which I love but also an Ivy in which I cant get past ivy from corrie - just don't like it at all!!

Peter is a beautiful name - strong, genuine and with a lovely meaning.
I know a baby Peter too, he's known as Petey which is sweet (though I expect he'll be Peter or Pete when older!!)

Stanley is I know two babies with that name. My friend's nursery has a Bert AND an Albert. And a friend of my parent's has got a new grandaughter called Audrey. I love the name Honer actually, I'll add that to my list of possible names for if and when I ever meet another man and have another baby...

Maeve is coming back - just adorable

girl at work did call her son, now 5, Gary and know a baby phillip

how do you look at baby and say aahhh he's a wee phillip?!? jmo!

Peter is so sweet too

Sofia very popular these days.

i've seen a lot of eve's about recently, lovely name, also my dear niece's middle name.

for boys, i think names like harry, george etc. have made a really strong resurgence

malcolm is different

There is some research into popularity that suggests that names have to be a certain number of years out of date before they return. I think it was at least two generations so names found among 90 year olds will be the next trend. Although the trend to copy American styles of naming seems to be influential too.